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Louisville has hit 5 of last 9 FGs

SMU has missed 7 of 8

B.J. Edwards crashes into three UL defenders — foul called on Hepburn — and hits a pair of FTs

HALFTIME: Louisville 50, SMU 27

First four out - of the NIT.

This is no contest and our guys look like a team that knows it has no chance of competing with this Louisville team. We clearly cannot compete with the upper half of ACC teams. It will be interesting to see how we match up against the rest of the "middle of the pack" teams, which is what I think we are but it remains to be seen as we might find out that 13th place preseason prediction could be pretty close to where this team finishes

SMU leaders

Points: Harris (7)
Field goals: Harris (3)
Three-point field goals: Miller, Harris (1)
Free throws: Edwards, Oquendo (4)
Rebounds: Cross (5)
Offensive rebounds: Cross (3)
Assists: Yi─ƒito─ƒlu, Cross (2)
Fouls: Oquendo (3)
Blocked shots: Yi─ƒito─ƒlu (4)
Steals: Edwards, Miller (1)
Minutes: Cross (17)

5-2 edge for Louisville to start the second half

Smith again from long range — he's 5/6 from behind the arc

58-29

Cross floater in the lane makes it 58-31

Smith — again —┬ánow 6/8 on 3s

Oquendo now has 4 fouls

Now I know how Miami felt

Cross spins into a turnaround jumper, adds a FT — and now is SMU's first player in double figures with 12 points

75-49 with 9:07 to go. Get it under 20....

After picking up a BS offensive foul (that set Enfield off at the officials), Cross nails a 3

Louisville has 13 three-pointers, tying the season high by an SMU opponent

Three Cardinals — Scott, Hepburn and Hadley — have four fouls each